Dan Patrick reports raising $1 million since defeating Dewhurst

AUSTIN – Republican lieutenant governor nominee Dan Patrick said Monday that his campaign has raised $1 million since beating incumbent David Dewhurst in a May 27 runoff.

New campaign finance figures detailing fundraising and spending from the beginning of the year through June 30 are due Tuesday at midnight.

Patrick, a state senator from Houston, got the early jump on the reporting cycle by shooting out a press release Monday with top line figures only — i.e. how much he’s raised and nothing else (par for the course in Texas Politics for top line figures to be released ahead of a full report to maximize potential news/headline splash).

What we know, via Monday’s press release:

Patrick’s campaign says it raised a total of $2.2 million during the four-way GOP lieutenant governor primary.

Leading up to the primary, he raised a total of $4.3 million from Feb. 23 through May 17, according to state data.

His camp says it has raised $1 million since the runoff in which Patrick stomped Dewhurst.

More than 4,000 donors have opened their wallets to help Patrick since July 2013, per his campaign.

Valuable context missing from Tuesday’s press release: Patrick’s current cash on hand situation and whether he’s taken out anymore loans.

As of May 17, the last campaign report Patrick filed before the runoff election, he had ab0ut $424,000 cash on hand. It’s not clear how much of that was spent in the final 10 days of the runoff.

Patrick also had an outstanding loan balance of more than $2 million on his last report. He had taken out loans totaling $1.5 million and secured a $300,000 loan from Empower Texans and a $200,000 loan from Republican mega donor James Lieninger.

A copy of Patrick's full report will become publicly available Wednesday morning when the Texas Ethics Commission uploads a copy online.